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A beautiful sunny and warm day today with highs to 27, evening temps are up to 8 last night from cooler temps the previous nights. Water temps were 56 yesterday on the surface, down considerably for some time. Today Damsels … Continue reading →

Ice fishing has been very good the past few days. Trout are actively feeding in the shallows, gorging on scuds(freshwater shrimp). Fishing the low light periods see’s the best action, first light and the last hour of light in the … Continue reading →

Tunkwa area received incredible amounts of rain on Sat night and most of the day Sunday. All this water and snow melt ended up sitting on-top of the ice, causing very slippery and wet conditions. Amazingly die hards were out … Continue reading →

2 holes were drilled through the ice in front of the resort and thickness is 5 inches, an inch less than last week. We like to see 4 inches for foot traffic. Overnight temperatures return to below freezing Sunday night … Continue reading →

Tunkwa Lake froze completely over last night, -24 will do that! I think this is the earliest I’ve seen it freeze. We will post updates on our Fishing Reports Page when we get out and measure the ice for thickness……we … Continue reading →

Cooler nights and days have dropped water temps. Fish have been seen porpoiseing in shallow water and anglers fishing a few feet below the surface have been catching fish to 3lbs. Fish are in great shape and have been taken … Continue reading →

Some unstable weather since the last report, including waking up to the hills around Tunkwa covered in snow! A fair bit of rain in the area to, and the campfire ban was lifted on Friday! Weather has certainly improved, with … Continue reading →

Fall has definitely arrived to the Tunkwa area. We’ve awoke to a couple morning with temps in the -6C range! This past week we saw lots of wind, stirring the lake up pretty good, and making fishing a bit tougher. … Continue reading →